The High Country’s outdoor thrills have no age requirement, with plenty on offer for families. Pedal all 7 Peaks and the climbs total more than 7000m over 160km. In contrast, the Mt Baw Baw ride ascends 740m in just 6.5km, earning it notoriety as one of Australia’s toughest road climbs – the average gradient is more than 11%, ramping up to 20% at times. It’s a climb blessed with beauty, be it the imposing cliffs of Buffalo’s Gorge above, or the bare rock faces of Eurobin Falls. The most inviting of the mountains, for its manageable gradients and distracting views, is Mt Buffalo, with its summit road ascending 1000m over 20km to the front steps of the mountaintop Chalet. Keen cyclists can take on the 7 Peaks Challenge in Victoria’s High Country and enjoy both the riding and the amazing landscape they ride through. Lake Mountain is the closest peak to Melbourne and a good starting point to any 7 Peaks mission, setting out up Robley Spur – the steepest part of the climb – on a 21km ascent from Marysville.
Completing the seven – Mt Buller, Mt Hotham, Falls Creek, Mt Buffalo, Mt Baw Baw, Lake Mountain and Dinner Plain – is a choose you own adventure that can be completed over any timeframe, from a week to a few leisurely summers. A collection of the best High Country road rides has been gathered together as the 7 Peaks, creating Australia’s truest Alpine-style cycling challenge. When road cyclists eye off mountain climbs, they typically look to the High Country first. It’s then a 400m ascent on Swindler’s Spur to Derrick Hut and the finish at Mt Hotham Village. It’s a short sharp descent the next day to another campsite at Dibbins Hut (another 14km from Cope Hut), in a snow clearing beside the Cobungra River.
The Falls Creek to Wallaces Hut three-day trek offers some brilliant walking and fantastic camping.Ītop the Bogong High Plain, the three-day, 37km crossing makes a beautiful approach from Falls Creek to Wallaces Hut, one of the most evocative and photographed of all the High Country huts, before ending the day at a campsite beside Cope Hut, 14km from Falls Creek.
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